ASGP 1997, Vol. 67, 2-3

This volume, initiated and edited by Michael A. Kaminski and Krzysztof Bąk, is dedicated to the memory of Professor Stamisław Geroch, who passed away suddenly on June 21, 1995 in the prime of his professional life.
For more than 40 years, Stanisław Geroch taught Micropaleontology at the Jagiellonian University, Chair of Paleontology, first occupied by Józef Grzybowski. For a long period of time he served as Treasurer of the Polish Geological Society and Deputy Editor in-chief of the present Journal. Through his kind and humble nature, his personal magnetism, and his deep love for his work, he inspired a whole generation of Polish Micropaleontologists. He was a leading world specialist on deep-water agglutinated foraminifera, and has made monumental contributions to the field of Carpathian biostratygraphy.
This volume presents 19 contributions written by his personal friends, collegues and former students, Most of the papers in this volume deal with foraminifera (especially agglutinated foraminifera) from the Carpathian flysh and other Tethyan deep-water deposits. However, several papers contributed by friends of Professor Geroch deal with foraminifera from areas outside the Carpathians. The diversity of topics presented in this volume reflects his own vast interest in the field of Micropaleontology.
The editors sincerely thank the authors of all contributions.
Editor-in-chief